Door-hanger.



PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

H. L. FERRIS.

DOOR HANGER.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFTOE.

HENRY L, FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

T0 at whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in door-hangers; and its object is to produce a device of this class which shall have certain advantages which will appear more fully and at large in the course of this specification.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features which are shown in the accompanying drawings as embodied in my preferred form of construction.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved hanger. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 1s an end elevation of the device, partly in transverse section. Fig. 4; is a similar view showing the parts in a different position, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the parts form ing the pivotal connection between the two parts of the hanger.

Referring to the drawings, A is a suitable track, here shown as made from a flat bar of metal, which may be supported by brackets in the ordinary way. The track A supports a grooved roller B, mounted to rotate in a frame C. In the preferred form of construction herein illustrated the frame C is made of two partsa sheet-metal housing O, curved over the top of the roller and extending down on the rear just below the center of the roller and on the front below the line of the track,

and a bracket 0*, riveted to the housing 0.

The bracket has two arms 0, which extend backward over the track and are notched to afford space for the same, two limiting-lugs c in front of thetrack, extending laterally from the bracket, and a hook 0 which engages with the under side of the track to hold the frame in place and prevent it from accidentally falling off the track.

To the arms a is pivoted a door-support D. This door-support in the preferred form of construction consists of a U-shaped strip of metal D, adapted to be secured to a door, the said strip being provided at its two upper ends with curved arms D having integral gudgeons d, which engage with perforations in the arms a. The arms D it will be 0, thus preventing the backward swing of the door beyond a certain point. The door is free, however, to be swung out away from the wall to form a canopy after the manner of doors provided with many of the hangers now in use.

My improved device is particularly advantagous for several reasons. In the first place the pivots of the arms D are so arranged with respect to the arms 0 that the weight of the door is in practice distributed about equally between the pivot and limiting-lugs. Furthermore, both these parts are situated below the level of the tread of the wheel, so that the tendency for the hanger to wabble on the track is minimized. In addition the parts are so arranged that the weight of an ordinary door hangs immediately below the track when the arms D strike the limiting-lugs, so that the frame is not forced out of plumb.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of myinvention, and I do not, therefore, intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a track, a roller, a hangerframe projecting on the front below the level of the track, and a hook on the frame, engaging with the track, and arms on the front of the frame extending behind the track, of a door-support having arms extending over the track and pivoted to the arms on the hanger-frame, and limiting-lugs on the frame adapted to be engaged by the arms on the door-support.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a track, a roller and a frame supported by the track, of arms on the frame in front of the track and extending thereover and behind the same, a door-support, rearward extensions on the door-support crossing said track and pivoted to the arms on the frame below the level of the track and behind the same.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a track, a roller, and a frame supported by the roller, of a door-sup port extending over the track and pivoted to I application for Letters Patent, at Harvard, in the frame behind the track and limiting-lugs the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, 10 on the frame in front of the track and engagthis 14th day of October, A. D. 1904.

ing the door-support when the door is below 5 the track, whereby the weight of the door is HENRY FERRIS' distributed between the pivot and the iimit- Witnesses: ing-lugs. L. EUGENE NORTON,

In witness whereof I have signed the above ROY A HEMENWAY 

